This picture is from the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Romania. I wonder if Bush knows what this picture means? I wonder if other Americans will see this picture and know what it means? I hear these world leaders saying, "You arrogant jerk. Who cares what you think?" George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have done this all by themselves - squandered 230 years of credit in a short 7 years. Quite a legacy…
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[...] At least 14 Iraqi civilians were killed in clashes in Baghdad today; nine of the casualties occurred in Sadr City, the Mahdi Militia’s stronghold that “has been under siege since last week by about 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops.” Three American troops were also killed, and hundreds of Iraqis fled Baghdad “as U.S. and Iraqi forces increased pressure on anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who faces an ultimatum to either disband his Mahdi Army or give up politics.” The timing is just to pat. Crocker and Petraeus in Washington. McCain’s major Iraq War speech. And all the stuff I mentioned before. This is American Republican Theatrics 101, nothing less. It’s actually getting a lot of Americans and Iraqi people killed; it’s not working very well; and it’s clearly our taking sides in a Shiite Civil War. [...]
[...] If you think of a worst case scenario, it’s probably right. Two weeks ago, I wrote this Scenario III: Circumstantial Evidence suggesting that the offensive against Basra and Sadr City was an American Operation, and that [...]
[...] on Thursday 13 November 2008 I said recently that I wanted to change the blog [the Park Bench I…, the Park Bench II…]. What I want to do is pick out some questions that are worth thinking [...]
[...] Even if all the things we thought were true, this kind of price escalation isn’t natural. There were other forces at work - big forces with offices in places like New York City - near Wall Street [see a wise man spoke…]. [...]